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Historical Intraday Data Download Failed
Error downloading historical Intraday
data for GSR-CUSTOM. Historical
data file for GSR-CUSTOM not available.

Set the Formula Symbol setting, to the actual formula for the symbol according to the following format. The square brackets simply represent optional characters. The curly braces ,{}, need to be entered around a symbol to identify the symbol to the parser.

Format: [numeric value][operator]{symbol}[operator][numeric value][operator]{symbol}.

The [ ] characters are not used in the formula symbol itself.

This pattern can repeat with as many symbols as necessary. Example: 2*{EURUSD}-2*{EURGBP}.

Any of the standard Arithmetic Operators can be used.
Set appropriate values for the Price Format, Tick Size, and Currency Value Per Tick settings.
Enter an appropriate name for the Category setting. We recommend using Custom Symbols for the Category.
Set the Uses Formula Operators setting to Yes. It is absolutely essential to have this option enabled.
Set the Download Historical Data for Formula Symbol setting to either Yes or No depending upon whether you want historical data downloaded and calculated for this custom formula symbol or not. Downloading historical data will take more time. So it is not necessarily an advantage to download historical data. By default this is set to No.

The amount of historical data that will be generated depends upon the Global Settings >> Data/Trade Service Settings >> Maximum Historical Intraday Days to Download >> Formula Symbols setting. We recommend not using too high of a number for this. Otherwise, downloads will take a long time.
No other settings need to be set. Do not contact Sierra Chart support about how to set other settings because they are not needed. Leave them at their default settings!. However, it is fine to set the Intraday Session Times.

Set the Download Historical Data for Formula Symbol setting to either Yes or No